Emerging-market countries and central banks are driven to act as crude climbs to four-year highs

Georgi Kantchev

Currencies in the developing world have been hit by a toxic mix of global trade tensions, a strong dollar and rising U.S. interest rates. That is making dollar-denominated crude all the more expensive as it climbs to four-year highs.

The price of Brent crude, the international...

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